using storytelling to plan a lesson - interesting examples of 3 different grade level standards (i.e. learning outcomes) and flipping them into the start of a story - a story the students then finish.
Web 2.0 tools are online software programs that allow users to do a number of different things. They can be used to teach curriculum content, store data, create or edit video, edit photos, collaborate and so much more.
with links to 5 different tools to try out - pinterest, edcanvas, livebinders, storybird, voicethread
There are countless websites offering images, video and audio files for use in education, but it's not always easy to know which sites are most useful or appropriate. This advice document discusses general tools and strategies for finding digital resources and looks at many of the sites you can use as reliable sources.
Welcome to Digital Collections Online (DCO), the University's open access repository for images and multimedia. Search the collections for digital images from the University's prestigious Research and Special Collections, the renowned Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture and some of our highly-regarded research projects.
Harold Jarche is a leading authority on Personal Knowledge Management, which he describes as a set of processes, individually constructed, to help each of us make sense of our world, and work more effectively. He has developed a popular Seek-Sense-Share framework which identifies the 3 key elements of PKM
Making the transition to digital media isn't as comprehensive as making the transition to an entirely digital classroom, but it does require some new habits and new thinking.
1. Think backwards.
2. Think curation.
3. Think access.
4. Think distribution.
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Blogs and Twitter aren't the only social tools out there that can help you keep up with the latest and greatest developments in educational technology. Pinterest is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of educators all over the nation, and many have amassed s
The following digital tools show promise to support word learning, review, and play with language. I've grouped them into four categories: Reference Tools, Word Clouds, Games and Review, Word Walls and Virtual Field Trips. They're not listed in any partic
Learnist organizes information Into "socially-driven lessons." Reminiscent of MentorMob, Pinterest, and Grockit, Learnist is the latest in a line of digital tools that are designed to leverage the power of crowds to provide resources and informal learning
Towards a comprehensive definition of digital skills
By Ismael Peña-López - Average reading time 2'22minutes
Main categories: Digital Literacy
Other tags: crossmedia, Digital Literacy, e-awareness, e-competences, e-skills, media literacy, multimedia
Digi
“Openness and trust of students is important, but we have to be careful. One
theme which came out of Pearson’s Social Media Week discussion was the need
to ‘educate’ kids on their social behaviour – children don’t always think
about the audience they are projecting to.”